Did I Ask For a Little Brother?
I Didn't Think So...(Unedited)
I woke up to a loud squealing sound in my room and something making my bed bounce. I groaned and slowly opened my eyes. As my eyes adjusted I could make out a small yellow and red shaped figure jumping up and down on my bed.
“Grater! Grater!” The small shaped squealed as it used my bed as it’s own personal trampoline. I groaned again recognising the voice. The voice belonged to my two month old brother. Who seemed to be having the time of his life hopping around my bed screaming my name.
“Meteor Shower!” I barked at him annoyed and kind of grumpy because he kept me up all night by bawling his eyes out until three in the morning.
His ears flicked at his name and he squealed giggling noticing he woke me up, “Grater!” He exclaimed again leaping on top of me and wrapping his small yellow hooves around my light red neck.
“Ah!” I exclaimed out shocked by the sudden death grip on my neck. “M-meteor!” I snapped. “Get off!” I pulled my head out of his tiny grip and scowled at him.
Meteor Shower’s ears flopped down on his head and he sniffed about to cry. My ears pinned to the back of my head and I reached out to comfort him before my mom burst into my room and ran up to us looking very frazzled.
“Smoking Crater!” She exclaimed. “Have you seen your brother? He wasn’t in his crib and I can’t find him...anywhere…” She sighed when she noticed Meteor Shower sitting on my bed with me.
“Um…” I said looking at her confused. “Yeah...good morning to you too, Mom.”
Meteor noticing I was distracted decided to grabbed on to my neck again and push his snout into me which caused me to yelp out in shock and look down on my little brother. I groaned and tried to push him away from me. “Grater!” He cooed out again and latched on even tighter.
My mom chuckled as she watched, “I see Meteor is rather fond of you.” She tried to stifle a few more of her laughs with her hoof.
I shot her a deadpan look and asked sarcastically, “No, really?” Causing her to break into a fit of laughter. In response I only groaned again.
After my mom got her laughter under control she trotted over to my bed and pulled my little brother off of me and faced me with a cheerful face. A little too cheerful.
Oh no...
“Crater…” She started placing Meteor down on her back. “Do you think you can do dad and I a favor?” She asked a nervous smile on her face.
[iOh no, no, no, no, no! This is BAD!?! ]
“W-what?” I asked nervously wondering whatever she could possibly want from me.
She looked down at the floor shuffling her feet, “Well, you see…dad and I are going out of town for business today and we can’t find a sitter so…”
OH NO!?! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
“Wait?!?” I exclaimed. “You’re not asking me to watch Meteor Shower, right?”
Mom smiled an innocent looking smile, “Yeeeeees…” She nervously said.
I groaned and slammed my head into my pillow, “Really?” I asked irritated.
“Yes.” She replied before trotting over to me and putting her yellow hoof on my back. “Don’t worry. We know your brother can be a bit mischievous but we got a list all set out for you so you will know what to do to take care of him.”
“I hate you.” I whined pressing the pillow harder into my face.
“I love you too!” She exclaimed cheerfully and kissed me on the head. “You’ll do great! No, wait...even better you’ll do…’Grater’!” She chuckled trotting out of my room.
Great…
I groaned once more before climbing out of my bed to start my soon-to-be-terrible day.
I trotted down the stairs and into the kitchen where mom and dad were sitting at a table with Meteor Shower eating breakfast. I sighed and slumped over to my chair. They watched me, set down their food, and sighed.
“Crater, We know you don’t want to take care of your little brother but it’s not like it’s the end of the world.” My dad said while leaning across the table to feed Meteor.
I muttered under my breath, “Sure, it isn’t.”
“What was that?” My mom asked raising her eyebrow suspiciously.
“Nothing.” I groaned.
My mom and dad looked at one another, shook their heads, and sighed. Meteor just babbled happily and reached out for the bowl of applesauce he was being fed on the table.
Mom and dad hugged me and Meteor then walked out the door. Leaving me to my disastrous fate. I had to watch Meteor Shower. For a whole day! I groaned and trotted to the kitchen with Meteor on my back, “Let’s see what this list is anyway.”
I picked it up off the table and read it outloud to myself, “Taking care of Meteor Shower- A checklist for Smoking Crater By Shining Star.” I snorted at that.
Hilarious, Mom.
“Step One- Lunchtime. Set Meteor in his height chair and feed him his lunch which will be set out on the kitchen counter for you.” I put Meteor in his height chair and flew over to the counter. “Seems easy enough.” I picked up a can of mashed peas and brought it back over to the kitchen table.
I pulled out a spoon, twisted off the cap of the mashed peas, scooped out some and attempted to feed some to Meteor. Meteor scrunched up his nose and smacked the spoon out of my hoof. The spoon flew across the room and onto the floor, the mashed peas getting on the cabinets and floor. I groaned my ears pinning against my head and looked back down to the list, “Keep in mind he’ll only eat his food if it’s feed to him like a train.” I groaned again. “Seriously.” My eyes almost popped out of the top of my head when I read, “Yes, seriously.”
Wow...it’s like she can read my mind…
I sighed and dunked the spoon into the bowl and brought out more peas, “Choo choo!” I exclaimed. Meteor giggled and opened his mouth. I grinned and feed him the peas...only for him to spit them out onto my face.
Meteor giggled at my mashed pea plastered face and exclaimed, “Grater! Grater!”
I only groaned. “Well...that didn’t work.”
“Come back here!” I shouted as I chased Meteor around the house. He was flying like a speed demon. I tried to keep him from knocking things over or hurting himself. It was time for his nap and try as I might I was not able to reel him back in.
“Come on, Meteor! This is totally not cool!”
Meteor giggled and jumped on to me, “Grater!” He exclaimed happily, latching on to me.
I only groaned.
Meteor shower was in his bed sleeping and finally I had my peace and quiet. Until Meteor started to cry…
I stomped up to his room quite ticked off and burst through his door shouting, “What is it now?!?” Only causing him to cry more.
I only groaned. Until…
I noticed that Meteor was crying out my name… Normally. Instead of saying “Grater” he was saying.
“Crater!”
I raced to his side and picked him up. I had just realised how awfully I had been acting today. I hadn’t been a very good big brother. Meteor was just showing how much he loved me and I only got annoyed.
Now here he was crying and I only screamed at him.
Well, that was going to change. I held Meteor close and hushed, speaking calming words to him, “It’s okay...It’s okay...Everything’s all right...I’m here…”
Meteor crying calmed and he sniffled, “Crater…” He cooed before snuggling into my chest.
I only smiled.
When mom and dad came home they found me and Meteor asleep on my bed. Meteor’s tiny hooves wrapped around my neck, sound asleep on my back.
We both had content smiles on our faces.
“Crater…” Meteor cooed in his sleep his smile growing.
Mom and dad smiled at the sight of us curled up together on my bed, turned off the lights, and went to bed themselves.
“I knew the plan would work.” Mom said to dad.
Dad only groaned.
Author's Note
Made for a writing contest for the Abyss, but really I just liked the idea in general... I thought it was cute and funny.
Thanks for reading and rock on!
-ThePortalPonies
